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Carriers & Ethernet Services 2010-2015
a market research report
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Ethernet, the
protocol that is ubiquitous in enterprise local area networks, is now
being offered by service providers as a metro or wide area service.
These publicly available Ethernet services have been among the
communications market’s fastest growing
segments, with carriers enjoying revenue growth in the range of 25
percent annually as enterprises large and small opt for these new
services offered in an array of speeds and reach.
Carrier Ethernet services, which was a $2.4 billion market in 2009,
offers the enterprise customer the chance to tie locations together in
what appear to be virtual LANs that can stretch across a metropolitan
area, a region, a nation, or the world. These widely available Ethernet
services offer significant advantages in cost and simplicity and in
facilitating convergence—and are often touted as a replacement for
legacy data solutions like private line and frame relay.
This Insight study projects market size, growth, and revenue, including
segmented breakdowns of point-to-point and any-to-any services as well
as by interface levels ranging from 10 Mbit/s to the emerging 10 Gbit/s
standard. This report provides insight into this emerging arena that
will fundamentally shape the communications market of the future.
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Report Excerpt
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Ethernet is the world’s primary computer-to-computer
protocol, with interfaces on well over a billion computers worldwide—and
it is becoming an increasingly important force in metropolitan and wide-area
communications as well.
Public Ethernet is in a rapid growth stage.
Its multifaceted appeal in relation to other data services has meant
that even the global economic slowdown has only had a modest effect in
slowing its seeming inexorable rise. Ethernet has become an increasingly prominent feature of the
national data networking landscape in the US— and it remains even better
established in parts of Europe and East Asia.
Ethernet services are available from virtually all major US data
service providers including incumbents, second-tier carriers, and smaller
specialized players who tend to differentiate themselves by price,
technology, and flexibility.
Insight’s
use of the term “public Ethernet” refers to any Layer 2 public network
carrier service that extends Ethernet beyond the local area network (LAN)
and connects to customers across Ethernet interfaces.
Public Ethernet may be marketed as transparent or native LAN,
Ethernet, gigabit Ethernet, GigE, metro Ethernet, Ethernet private line (EPL),
Ethernet virtual private line (EVPL), Layer 2 virtual private network (VPN),
Ethernet access, VPLS, or a variety of other names.
Insight’s definition
does not, however, include routed Layer 3 IP-VPN services, which also can be
described as carrying IP (Internet protocol) over Ethernet.
Our use of the phrase “public Ethernet services” includes
relatively longstanding though upgraded legacy transparent or native LAN
services, whether asynchronous transfer mode (ATM)-based within the network
core or using an Ethernet over fiber (or SONET) architecture.
Our definition also includes newer services from small and
large
carriers ................
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Market Segmentation
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Total US Carrier Ethernet Access Revenues:
by Topology:
E-Line
E-LAN
Access
by Regional Domain
Metro
Wide-Area
Access
by Type of Sale
Retail, Wholesale
by Bandwidth Level
greater than 1Gbit/s (1000Mbit/s)
greater than 100Mbit/s up to and including 1Gbit/s
greater than 10Mbit/s up to and including 100Mbit/s
up to 10Mbit/s
US Carrier Ethernet Total Port Estimates by Throughput
greater than 1Gbit/s (1000Mbit/s)
greater than 100Mbit/s up to and including 1Gbit/s
greater than 10Mbit/s up to and including 100Mbit/s
up to 10Mbit/s
Sample Monthly Pricing for:
In-Metro E-Line and E-LAN Services
Dedicated Internet Access
Average Price Range for E-Line and E-LAN Services
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Table of Contents
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Chapter I
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1.1 Carriers and Public Ethernet Services
1.2 Ethernet Gains, Legacy Loses
1.3 Forecast of Public Ethernet Services
1.4 Market Trends
Chapter II
BACKGROUND & INTRODUCTION
2.1 The Emergence of Public Ethernet
2.1.1
The Ubiquity of Ethernet
2.1.2
Public Ethernet Grows While General Market Declines
2.2 Ethernet Services: Conceptual/Technical Building Blocks
2.2.1
User Network Interface
2.2.2
Ethernet Virtual Connection
2.2.3
Service Parameters
2.2.4
Performance Quality Parameters
2.3 Ethernet Topologies: E-line vs. E-LAN
2.3.1
E-Line
2.3.2
E-LAN
2.3.3
Other Typologies: Dedicated vs. Switched
2.4 The Data Networking Context
2.4.1
Packet Data Networking
2.4.2
Ethernet and SONET
2.4.3
Resilient Packet Ring
2.5 How to Look at the Ethernet Market
2.5.1
Ethernet’s Segments Defined
2.5.2
Wholesale Forecast Definitions
2.5.3
Carrier Ethernet vs. Public Ethernet
2.6 The MEF and Carrier Ethernet’s Five Attributes
2.6.1
Service Standardization
2.6.2
Scalability
2.6.3
Service Management
2.6.4
Reliability
2.6.5
Quality of Service
2.7 Pricing
2.8 Examples of Major Public Ethernet Applications
2.8.1
LAN Extensions
2.8.2
Layer 2 Virtual Private Network
2.8.3
Dedicated Internet Access
2.9 The Case For and Against Public Ethernet
2.9.1
Ethernet’s Drivers
2.9.2
Advantages of Public Ethernet
2.9.3
Service Adoption Inhibitors
2.10
Evolving Industry Structure/Market Players
2.10.1 Industry Consolidation: The Market Context
2.10.2 Provider Strategies: Incumbent vs. Challenger
2.10.3 Issues in Partnership and Collaboration: Pros, Cons
2.10.4 The Retail Customer Perspective
Chapter III
TRENDS, APPLICATIONS & MARKETS
3.1 New Standards, Exchanges, and Enhanced Interoperability
Further Brighten Growth Outlook
3.1.1
Interoperability: The Road Ahead
3.1.2
Service Interworking
3.1.3
The Road Ahead: Collaboration
3.2 The Competitive Outlook
3.3 Widened Availability on Fiber and Copper
3.3.1 Fiber Expands, Slowly
3.4 Service Pricing
3.4.1
Costs Beyond Service Pricing: The Real Deal
3.4.2
Why Ethernet: Cost Vs. Transformation?
3.4.3
Tunneling: Potential Market-Changer
3.5 Broadening of Applications and End Users
3.5.1
Applications by Topology
3.6 Product Substitution: Ethernet Gains and Legacy Loses
3.7 Ethernet's Growing "Maturity"
3.8 The Promise of Switched Ethernet
3.8.1
VPLS: New Face of E-LAN
3.9 Public Ethernet Expanding Into the Long Haul
3.10 EPL Continues Strong, Steady Growth
3.11 Wholesale Ethernet Grows Faster After Slower Start
3.12 Ethernet Access Moves Toward Dominance
3.13 Bandwidth Trends
3.13.1
Bandwidth Rates Rising Inexorably
3.13.2
More Low-End Customers Build Low-End Ethernet
3.14 International Growth as North America Catches Up
Chapter IV
SERVICE PROVIDER PROFILES
4.1 AT&T Corporation
4.1.1
Network Architecture
4.1.2
Services Offered
4.2 Cogent Communications
4.2.1
Network Architecture
4.2.2
Services Offered
4.3 Cox Cable
4.3.1
Network
4.3.2
Services Offered
4.4 Global Crossing
4.4.1
Network Architecture
4.4.2
Services Offered
4.5 Level 3 Communications, Inc.
4.5.1
Network Architecture
4.5.2
Services Offered
4.6 Optimum Lightpath
4.6.1
Network Architecture
4.6.2
Services Offered
4.7 Reliance GlobalCom
4.7.1
Network
4.7.2
Services Offered
4.8 tw telecom
4.8.1
Network Architecture
4.8.2
Services Offered
4.9 Verizon Communications
4.9.1 Network Architecture
4.9.2 Services Offered
Chapter V
MARKET FORECASTS
5.1 Methodology
5.2 Definitions and Forecast Segmentation
5.2.1
Definitions
5.2.2
Segmentation
5.3 Market Forecasts
5.3.1
Total Market
5.3.2
Market by Topology
5.3.3
Market by Regional Domain
5.3.4
Retail vs. Wholesale
5.3.5
Bandwidth Levels
Table of Figures
Chapter I
I-1 Total US Public Ethernet Revenues, 2010-2015
Chapter II
II-1 User Network Interface
II-2 Frame Loss
II-3 E-Line Point-to-Point Service Type
II-4 E-LAN Multipoint-to-Multipoint Service Type
II-5 Typical IP Network
II-6 Managed Packet Network, Virtual Private Line
II-7 Resilient Packet Ring Technology
II-8 LAN Extension Using E-LAN Services
II-9 Illustration of VLAN Tag Support
II-10 Dedicated Internet Access
II-11 Three-Year Total Cost Savings for Ethernet Private Line
Chapter IV
IV-1 Level 3’s National Backbone Network
Chapter V
V-1 Total US Public Ethernet Revenues, 2008-2015
V-2 US Public Ethernet Private Line Service Revenues
V-3 US Public Ethernet Virtual Private Line Service Revenues
V-4 US Public Ethernet E-LAN Service Revenues
V-5 US Public Ethernet Revenues by Application/Topology
V-6 US Public Metro Ethernet Revenues, 2008-2015
V-7 US Public Wide-Area/Long-Haul Ethernet Revenues
V-8 US Public Ethernet Access Revenues
V-9 US Public Ethernet Revenues by Geography/Region
V-10 US Retail Public Ethernet Revenues
V-11 US Wholesale Public Ethernet Revenues
V-12 US Public Ethernet Revenues by Retail/Wholesale
V-13 US Public Ethernet Revenues >1 Gbit/s
V-14 US Public Ethernet Revenues >100Mbit/s – 1Gbit/s
V-15 US Public Ethernet Revenues >10Mbit/s – 100Mbit/s
V-16 US Public Ethernet Revenues <=10Mbit/s
V-17 US Public Ethernet Revenues by Bandwidth Level
V-18 US Public Ethernet Total Port Estimates by Throughput
Table of Tables
Chapter I
I-1 Characteristics of Ethernet Service Varieties
Chapter II
II-1 SONET and Ethernet Defined Transmission Rates
II-2 Characteristics of Ethernet Service Varieties
II-3 Comparative Strengths of Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPNs
II-4 Typical Price Range for E-Line Services
II-5 Typical Price Range for E-LAN Services
Chapter IV
IV-1 AT&T Ethernet Services
IV-2 tw Telecom’s Ethernet SLAs
Chapter V
V-1 Total US Public Ethernet Revenues
V-2 US Public Ethernet Private Line Service Revenues
V-3 US Public Ethernet Virtual Private Line Service Revenues
V-4 US Public Ethernet E-LAN Service Revenues
V-5 US Public Ethernet Revenues by Application/Topology
V-6 Percentage Ethernet Revenues by Topology
V-7 US Public Metro Ethernet Revenues
V-8 US Public Wide-Area/Long-Haul Ethernet Revenues
V-9 US Public Ethernet Access Revenues
V-10 US Public Ethernet Revenues by Geography/Region
V-11 Percentage Ethernet Revenues by Regional Domain
V-12 US Retail Public Ethernet Revenues
V-13 US Wholesale Public Ethernet Revenues
V-14 US Public Ethernet Revenues by Retail/Wholesale
V-15 Percentage Ethernet Revenues by Retail/Wholesale
V-16 US Public Ethernet Revenues > 1Gbit/s
V-17 US Public Ethernet Revenues >100Mbit/s – 1Gbit/s
V-18 US Public Ethernet Revenues >10Mbit/s – 100Mbit/s
V-19 US Public Ethernet Revenues <=10Mbit/s
V-20 US Public Ethernet Revenues by Bandwidth Level
V-21 Percentage Revenues by Throughput Level
V-22 US Public Ethernet Total Port Estimates by Throughput
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